Hose supporter



March 31, 1931. w. VORWERK HOSE SUPPDRTER Filed July 22. 1929 PatentedMar. 31, 1931 UNITED STATES WILHELM VORWERK, 01? BARMEN', GERMANY HOSEsurron'rnn Application filed July 22, 1929, Serial No. 380,088, and. inGermany August 1, 1928.

My invention relates to hose supporters of the type in which themarginal portion ofa sock or hose is held between a clasp and a buttonon a pad. It is an object of my in- 5 vention to improve supporters ofthis type in which the button is made integral with the pad forming anextension of the pad and to this end I make the button and the strapwith which it is integral as an independent unit which may be separatedfrom the pad and therefore is readily exchangeable.

Heretofore hose supporters had to be scrapped when their buttons wereworn notwithstanding all other parts being in good condition.

In reducing my invention to practice I provide the usual button andclasp for engaging the marginal portion of the sock or stocking but I sodesign the unit comprising the button and strap that it is readilyexchangeable. I may either provide a strapand-button unit with anextension adapted to be secured to a pad or other means connecting itwith a leg band or I may secure the 5 unit to a ribbon which in turn issecured to the pad, the unit being for instance, inserted in a pocket ofthe ribbon.

In the drawings affixed to this specification and forming part thereoftwo devices em bodying my invention are illustrated diagrammatically byway of example.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation of a buttonand-strap unit whichis provided with an extension adapted to be secured to a loop or thelike which in turn is connected with the leg band ithrough the medium ofthe usual pad or the ike,

Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the unit inserted in a pocket of aribbon, and

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the unit viewed from the left in Fig. 1and partly in section on the line 33 in Fig. 1,

Fig. 4c is an end elevation of the ribbon and the unit, viewed from theleft in Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings and first to Figs. 1 and 3, 7 is a button,7a is a strap with which the button is made integral, 5 is a brackethaving end flanges 5a and a clamp 9 pivoted in the flanges at 9 adaptedto engage for attaching the bracket to a leg band, not

shown, through the medium of a suitable pad or other intermediatemember, not shown.

The bracket 5 may be dispensed with by making the loop 8 and the clasp 6in a single part, the clamp 9 being arranged on this part intermediateits loop and clasp portion,

or by directly pivoting the loop on the clasp. Obviously, there areother ways of attaching the units to the part or parts by which it isconnected with the leg band, and Figs.

2 and 4 only illustrate an example.

Referring now to these figures, they illustrate a unit which is insertedin or secured '70 to a ribbon 11 which is threaded through the loop 8and fixed thereto by means of the clamp 9 which is pivoted in theflanges 5a of the bracket 5 at 9. Preferably this ribbon has apocket-shaped member 10 with a button hole on one side, and a flap forconcealing the button 7. Its ends may be fringed to prevent them fromfraying. The unit is so disposed in the pocket 10 that only the head ofthe button projects from the pocket. The

flap improves the appearance of the device.

It is evident that the unit may be designed in other ways than hereindescribed, the essen tial feature being its exchangeability, andtherefore I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limitedto the exact details of construction shown and described for obviousmodifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

I claim 1. A hose supporter comprising a bracket, a clasp on saidbracket, a ribbon adapted to be threaded through said bracket so as tocov er both sides of said bracket, means for securing said ribbon insaid bracket, a button comprising a base plate and a head projectingtherefrom and adapted to be engaged by said clasp, a pocket in saidribbon for the reception of said buttonhead-and-base-plate unit, withthe base plate concealed in said pocket 1% and the buttonhead projectingtherefrom, and a flap on said ribbon extending beyond said bracket andadapted to conceal said buttonhead.

2. A hose supporter comprising a bracket, an eye 011 said bracket forthe reception of a clasp, upturned ears 011 said bracket, said upturnedears engaging the Sides of said clasp so as to hold them in said eye, aribbon adapted to be threaded through said bracket so as to cover bothsides of said bracket, a clamp supported in said upturned ears forsecuring said ribbon in said bracket, a button comprising a base plateand a head projecting therefrom and adapted tobe engaged by said clasp,a pocket in said ribbon for the reception of saidbuttonhead-and-base-plate unit, With the base plate concealed in saidpocket and the buttonhead projecting therefrom, and a flap on saidribbon extending beyond said bracket and adapted to conceal saidbuttonhead.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

lVILHELM VORWERK.

